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Space travel story 1-2 years Reading 2 min.

Tom's Journey to the Friendly Starry Planet

Tom flies his small spaceship to a friendly little planet, explores its curious sights, and enjoys a picnic among twinkling stars.

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A smiling, delighted man with short brown hair and bright round eyes wears a small red spacesuit with white gloves, holds a small suitcase and greets while stepping onto a pastel planet; a round joyful yellow anthropomorphic star floats to his right winking and a smooth silver pebble to his left seems to laugh. The soft surface has rounded pink and blue hills and spring-like colorful plants under a violet gradient sky with twinkling stars, curled clouds and a large blue planet on the horizon. Warm, playful scene in thick lines, rounded shapes, saturated colors, smooth textures, soft lighting and simple contrasts. report a problem with this image

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a man named Tom. Tom was sitting in his shiny spaceship. "Zoom, zoom," went the spaceship as it flew up into the sky. Tom waved and smiled, "Hello, stars!"

Tom's spaceship was small and cozy. It had a big window to see everything outside. "Look, bright stars," Tom said. The stars twinkled back, "Twinkle, twinkle."

As Tom traveled in space, he saw a little planet. It was round and blue. "Oh, wow," Tom said, "Let's visit!" The spaceship went "whoosh" and landed softly on the planet.

Tom stepped out of his spaceship. He felt the soft ground with his feet. "Hello, planet," Tom said, feeling happy. The planet was quiet and friendly. He saw a funny rock. It was shiny and smooth. "Nice rock," Tom giggled.

After a little picnic with his sandwich, Tom looked up. The sky was big and blue. "Time to go home," said Tom. He jumped back into his spaceship. "Zoom, zoom," it went, flying up again.

The stars waved goodbye, "Twinkle, twinkle." Tom smiled and waved back. He was happy to have visited the friendly little planet.

And so, Tom learned that new places can be friends too, just like the stars.

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The quiz: did you understand the story well?

Spaceship
A big flying box that takes people into the sky and space.
Twinkled
Small lights in the sky that blink and shine like tiny stars.
Traveled
Went from one place to another, often far away.
Planet
A round world in space, like Earth, you can stand on it.
Landed
When a flying thing comes down gently to the ground.
Softly
In a quiet, gentle way, not rough or loud.
Shiny
Something that shines and looks bright when light hits it.
Smooth
Not bumpy; feels even and nice to touch.
Picnic
A small meal eaten outside on a blanket.
Sandwich
Two pieces of bread with food between them for eating.

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